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Originally Posted by Zeke
When do you think the spending cap is reset? Beginning of each year or season? Will Ferrari be using new chassis next year? I just read they get 3 engines and electric motor boosters with generators per car per year. More exhaust systems, but still limited in number.
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The spending cap is on a per season basis.
Yes, Ferrari will field an entirely new chassis next year. So will every other team. That is how this game is played. The pace of development and learning is so great that there is no way on Earth that last year's car would even make the field next year. Every team builds new cars every year, of their own design and manufacture (even if, as discussed earlier, they contract some of that out).
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Originally Posted by Zeke
So I agree that if the complete power train was compromised by the fault of the track, they should get a bye. But it's the last race, so they have to already be on their last legs. So what do you do? Tough question.
Reading the rules on chassis replacement is tedious. Sorta reminds me of the Lincoln's axe story.
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You already noted elsewhere that this was not the last race, so they do need a car for the final race of the season next weekend. They can replace a car if damaged enough to warrant doing so. It has to be the same specification as the one being replaced.
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Originally Posted by Tobra
This sounds like utter BS. How much down force do they generate, a ton, maybe. Would take more than that to pull that thing out of the ground. Maybe he bottomed out on top of it.
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The Williams sucked an entire manhole cover up from the street in Baku the last year Claire was their team principle, severely damaging the car. Baku were required to weld all of the manhole covers down, but missed this one. These cars generate a couple of tons of downforce at speed, several times their own weight.
Granted, lifting a manhole cover might actually be easier, with its surface area to weight, but it's not surprising at all that Sainz's car lifted this thing when it drove over it.